Global Church News

Hackers direct users of Scottish Catholic website to online pornography in series of cyber attacks on church

Mar 09, 2016

Visitors to the web page of Scotland's largest Catholic congregation have been directed to a pornographic site, as it emerges the church has been the victim of a series of cyber attacks.
Child brides saved by Don Bosco schools in India

Mar 09, 2016

Every year, the Salesians of Don Bosco save hundreds of young women and girls from early marriage and a destiny of domestic slavery, this according Fr M C George Menamparampil, national coordinator for the Don Bosco Schools in India.
Catholic educators slam 'history distortion' by dictator's son

Mar 09, 2016

Catholic educators in the Philippines have denounced what they called the "distortion of history" by the son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos who is running for vice president in this year's national elections.
Globally, nearly 1,300 million Catholics, number growing faster than population

Mar 08, 2016

Worldwide the number of Catholics - in 2014, about 1,272 million – is growing at a faster rate than that of the world population during the same period .
Bekasi: Islamic extremists demonstrate against the construction of a Catholic church

Mar 08, 2016

Hundreds of Islamic extremists took to the streets Monday in North Bekasi District, West Java Province, to protest against a permanent church for the local Catholic community.
Vicar of Arabia: No news about abducted priest, Aden massacre survivor in a safe place

Mar 08, 2016

“There are no further news” about the fate of Fr Tom Uzhunnalil, said Mgr Paul Hinder, apostolic vicar of Southern Arabia.
Religious leaders take stand on violence against women

Mar 08, 2016

Religious leaders from four major faiths in Myanmar called for an end to violence and discrimination against women during an International Women’s Day debate in Yangon over the weekend.
Thai Bishop: Action against violence against women, for women’s rights and freedom

Mar 08, 2016

In today's world, and in Thai society in particular, “women are still victims of a double standard" in terms of treatment, both in the family and the workplace.
Young people bullied for following God’s call could embrace Elizabeth of the Trinity as their patron

Mar 07, 2016

"She flipped out,” is how one young man described his mother’s reaction after he told her he wanted to be a priest.
India police arrest three after latest Church attack

Mar 07, 2016

Police in central India arrested three men after a gang attacked a church during Sunday mass, an investigator said, in the latest attack against Christians in the religiously diverse country.